PHP Date Exercises : Get yesterday's date

PHP date: Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a PHP script to get yesterday's date.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
$dt = new DateTime(); // Creating a new DateTime object representing the current date and time.
$dt->sub(new DateInterval('P1D')); // Subtracting one day from the DateTime object using the sub() method and a DateInterval of one day.
echo $dt->format('F j, Y')."\n"; // Formatting the modified date and time as "Month Day, Year" and outputting it, followed by a newline character.
?>

Output:

July 10, 2017

N.B.: The result may varry for your system date and time.

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• $dt = new DateTime();: Creates a new DateTime object representing the current date and time.
• $dt->sub(new DateInterval('P1D'));: Subtracting one day from the DateTime object using the sub() method and a DateInterval of one day (P1D).
• echo $dt->format('F j, Y')."\n";: Formatting the modified date and time as "Month Day, Year" using the format() method with the 'F j, Y' format specifier, and then outputting it, followed by a newline character.

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